Robin Strand (@strandstrong) is an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder from Canada. He also holds a BSc. Kinesiology, is an online coach and trainer at Pure Muscle and Fitness in Toronto. Robin also hosts the amazing Canadian Beef Podcast on YouTube with Kurt Havens and several IFBB pros.
https://www.instagram.com/strandstrong/
https://www.youtube.com/@canadianbeefpodcast
Nicholas “The Statue '' Weir (@nicholasjohnweir on Instagram) is a bodybuilder and high-level coach. He’s been bodybuilding and coaching bodybuilders and lifestyle clients for over a decade and is incredibly knowledgeable on training, diet, and performance-enhancing drugs. Nick is a regular on Paul Barnett’s Anabolic Bodybuilding weekly Saturday livestream and a guest on numerous bodybuilding shows on YouTube. He’s the owner of Universal Performance Coaching where he helps individuals reach their goals of competing, being healthier, and building muscle or losing body fat based on their unique goals, preferences, lifestyle, and history.
Today’s guest is Sally Norton, MPH - an expert on oxalates, Ivy-league Nutritionist & Author of the book, Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick-and How to Get Better. Sally has a degree in nutrition from Cornell University and a Masters of Public Health from the University of North Carolina. She managed a five-year, National Institute of Health-funded program at the UNC Medical School. I had the pleasure of meeting Sally at Ketofest in Connecticut and she’s as friendly, helpful, and excited as she is wise and ambitious. This is Sally’s third time on the show, so make sure you check out previous episodes!
https://www.scottmys.com/podcast/norton2
https://www.scottmys.com/podcast/norton
Paul Barnett (@paulkbarnett)
https://www.instagram.com/paulkbarnett/
Suzanne Alexander, M.Ed., is returning to the podcast for part 3 where we’re going to talk about her recent expedition to Africa to visit indigenous people. Check out episodes 1 and 2 where we go through her first expedition to seven of the Pacific islands. She is the co-author and editor of the newly released book, "The Ancestral Diet Revolution," along with renowned physician, author, nutrition researcher, and speaker Dr. Chris Knobbe, MD - who was also recently on the show. She is a multi-award-winning educator with over 30 years of experience in the classroom and a highly accomplished health and nutrition researcher with over 40 years of research to her credit. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the State University of New York at Cortland. Additionally, Suzanne attended the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut with a major in Opera. Suzanne furthered her graduate studies for many years working towards her Ph.D. in Health and Nutrition.
Chris Tuttle is a Registered Dietitian, retired IFBB professional bodybuilder, and Contest prep Coach. He started Tuttle Nutrition in 2011, enabling him to better share his extensive knowledge of nutrition and exercise with his clients. Specifically offering services and expertise in weight loss, sports performance, contest preparation, medical nutrition therapy, bodybuilding, fitness and figure competitions, and educational lectures. Chris has a bachelors and masters in Nutrition as well as countless ongoing education in the field and he’s constantly staying up to date with the latest research.
https://www.instagram.com/christuttle.rd
Dr. Paul Kolodzik, MD, is a double board-certified emergency and metabolic-health physician with thirty years of experience. As a private-practice, MetabolicMD, Dr. Kolodzik has used continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to help thousands of patients lose weight and prevent and reverse disease. In his first book, The Continuous Glucose Monitoring Revolution, Dr. Kolodzik presents a comprehensive program for metabolic health success using CGM. He has been using the GLP-1 medications since they were first approved by the FDA in 2017. He was one of the early physician prescribers of these medications to help his patients achieve weight loss and improved metabolic health. In his metabolic health and weight loss practice, Dr. Kolodzik has assisted over 1,000 patients lose weight and reverse chronic diseases such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, fatty liver disease, and sleep apnea.
Justin Compton is an IFBB pro bodybuilder who’s won 3 professional shows including winning the Arnold Classic in Hong Kong and taking the top 10 at the 2016 Mr Olympia.
Since retiring, Justin has coached athletes for over a decade from amateurs to Olympians with over 50 pro card wins.
DR. GEORGIA EDE is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science, brain metabolism, and mental health. Her two decades of clinical experience include twelve years at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first to offer nutrition-based therapies as an alternative to psychiatric medications. Dr. Ede speaks internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders, nutrition science, and nutrition policy reform. She is also the creator and director of the first medically accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health practitioners. In 2022, she co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for serious mental illnesses and was honored to be named a recipient of the Baszucki Brain Research Fund’s first annual Metabolic Mind Award.
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Diet-Mind-Powerful/dp/1538739070
Kurt Havens is an expert in Bodybuilding Pharmacology, performance-enhancing drugs, anabolic steroids, and the science of building muscle. He's currently pursuing his PhD in Endocrinology, has coached IFBB pro bodybuilders, competed himself for decades, and written ebooks and courses on HGH and Anabolics Mastery. Kurt has an excellent YouTube channel where he discusses science and interviews experts and bodybuilders.
Timestamps:
1:40 - Intro and Kurt's background in bodybuilding
8:00 - Common "evidence-based" PEDs in bodybuilding that are overrated
8:45 - Injectable L-Carnitine
10:45 - Masteron, DHTs, and AIs
19:15 - Proviron
22:30 - Clenbuterol (not overrated) - cycling
25:15 - Telmisartan
30:25 - Primobolan and Test/Primo ratios
32:30 - Overused supplements in bodybuilding
32:45 - Sodium
36:25 - Yohimbine
38:00 - Sleep and insomnia
38:25 - Magnesium and proper dosing for bodybuilders
39:05 - Bodybuilding rebounds post-show - stay on AAS or go to TRT?
44:05 - Growth hormone